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A few weeks back I mentioned a <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/04/there-is-pill-for-that.html" target="_blank">brainstorming moment</a> brought to you by the number 4 (aka my 4-year-old daughter Amelia).<br /><br />To recap: my bedroom has a new coat of paint and is ready for some 'flair', Office Space style.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s1600/P4075807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s640/P4075807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I had to start somewhere so I grabbed a mirror I was luke warm on. But when I stepped back to eye my trusty template, I decided some wrapping paper might be that little somethin' somethin' the space needs. Only less carnival-ish wrapping paper.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1Bf7QsgVeZnpAWHbcKTgEpH_qTS8xRIrdqG2XHPIDT5GvppL367mprbmneNq-5QA_bbEeoZPekqX4T42cInVWVeizl_AEpeGw3zO67x2uiKYlAFamr5HfLJL4JhtInr_ivBnLBT32O_Z/s1600/P4226037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1Bf7QsgVeZnpAWHbcKTgEpH_qTS8xRIrdqG2XHPIDT5GvppL367mprbmneNq-5QA_bbEeoZPekqX4T42cInVWVeizl_AEpeGw3zO67x2uiKYlAFamr5HfLJL4JhtInr_ivBnLBT32O_Z/s640/P4226037.JPG" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For those of you that can't see inside my head, I was thinking something more like this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdqSEKQDUVtKQlcp3_NINxnYv8s443oWqGJh4yEOGnn4ppKMg8jeEENVEBKlc283AuMUm9qJcESEKl0Ns9hYpOJWjHNo8T-p6nWlzxtJpajc7OVGVJhcWw3z4rMpBZFJ82alZBBC7Dzm7/s1600/6896205649646125.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdqSEKQDUVtKQlcp3_NINxnYv8s443oWqGJh4yEOGnn4ppKMg8jeEENVEBKlc283AuMUm9qJcESEKl0Ns9hYpOJWjHNo8T-p6nWlzxtJpajc7OVGVJhcWw3z4rMpBZFJ82alZBBC7Dzm7/s400/6896205649646125.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/bedrooms/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8e7LAcDt5Pg8banCUnS_cLwPtRhv55Grxk9Qp_XE8z5XVW9xCN8s1DOp_dSOA9lFXlCeWabUc-0yzPOC4gSqixuw-4sLfORyIgDZrupOwp1dbZ65tolq02seBir78NDkA6OEPyKMds-w/s1600/DSC_0032.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8e7LAcDt5Pg8banCUnS_cLwPtRhv55Grxk9Qp_XE8z5XVW9xCN8s1DOp_dSOA9lFXlCeWabUc-0yzPOC4gSqixuw-4sLfORyIgDZrupOwp1dbZ65tolq02seBir78NDkA6OEPyKMds-w/s640/DSC_0032.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/02/chinese-wallpaper-in-acrylic-frames.html" target="_blank">Little Green Notebook</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And yes, I know that those examples feature lovely and possibly pricey wallpaper. But I'm on a budget baby, so I'm going for the look for less option. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to stick with the blue pallet I had (in my mind) and go for something soft, soothing, dreamy. Don't those words make you feel sleepy and relaxed? Your getting sleepy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a long conversation with myself at the art supply store (please tell me you talk to yourself while shopping) I found a winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLmc-wEaiBy7ER2OvkhDpuifwtFa4bPEC1OlSbsvUegr1iUGFcOKc_xl3fvOdZ_S_8JoekqyaSZVgGon5rpw08SQGTE_boGg3hEOTPAxHdgTP2KpsX83sh9FGOWhVlaRyqqpwusid3bqb/s1600/459089.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLmc-wEaiBy7ER2OvkhDpuifwtFa4bPEC1OlSbsvUegr1iUGFcOKc_xl3fvOdZ_S_8JoekqyaSZVgGon5rpw08SQGTE_boGg3hEOTPAxHdgTP2KpsX83sh9FGOWhVlaRyqqpwusid3bqb/s640/459089.jpeg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwood Wrapping Paper via <a href="http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/item/Dogwood-Wrapping-Paper/3650.040/459089.html" target="_blank">Paper Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lovely Chinoiserie inspired dogwood. With great pops of black. A room is not complete with out a bit of black. (feel free to knit that on a pillow)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To hang the paper I used <a href="http://www.command.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NACommand/Command/Products/Catalog/?N=5924382&rt=rud" target="_blank">3M Command Poster Strips</a>. I bought the bulk pack and used 8 strips on each sheet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfEIzMITjaoi7Bd980EWSJseWMh5GvaD80UeY4Ye4TUEarQlBSLEqEGKzIL0Cjxeu9xZu09w0r-OVofPgOoewV0L5aoGP9Izz7e21VKMGW3_-O841IYHm4Wv22mgy0sSJH3FA8C0Q9gqi/s1600/00051131847644_rgb_E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfEIzMITjaoi7Bd980EWSJseWMh5GvaD80UeY4Ye4TUEarQlBSLEqEGKzIL0Cjxeu9xZu09w0r-OVofPgOoewV0L5aoGP9Izz7e21VKMGW3_-O841IYHm4Wv22mgy0sSJH3FA8C0Q9gqi/s640/00051131847644_rgb_E.jpeg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting at the top of the wall I positioned the first paper exactly where I wanted it to sit between the window and the other wall. Then, I put the second piece below that, layering it over the first piece just slightly in order to have the pattern flow a bit better. I repeated this until I had covered the wall from ceiling to floor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The paper is 20" x 30" a sheet and I used 3 pieces for each wall@ $3.50 a sheet. So for just over $20 I had myself two budget friendly panels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3loHNdqnxuwus_SBUuRiqy74ScQVAU0GOCq8OuDz4O2I02-wvbANLy8vidpgGEVWQ5XjF6KQLkmf4VougPf-tye-7znD-ZBVQBFidE6GjN41DLQHMckkgosefJN7UHa3MnlCn706uVsC8/s1600/P5056313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3loHNdqnxuwus_SBUuRiqy74ScQVAU0GOCq8OuDz4O2I02-wvbANLy8vidpgGEVWQ5XjF6KQLkmf4VougPf-tye-7znD-ZBVQBFidE6GjN41DLQHMckkgosefJN7UHa3MnlCn706uVsC8/s640/P5056313.JPG" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this picture is how I learned that I needed to overlap the pieces</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A good start, but it needed to be framed to look 'finished'. I thought about getting some wood trim but then immediately thought about needing to prime and paint and cut said trim so that was quickly axed. Instead I went with the <strike>easier</strike> softer option of black grosgrain ribbon. (more black)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />The command strips were wider than the ribbon so instead I just lightly glued it to the paper...not the wall. Glue + wall = hubs takes glue gun away.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtprap7pWGYb4lJqBf4x6HDzoGnRA_c5jVkbmksmlvdXASjkhjpE6wwrrjtFnzUuDKEVgwRahzbLWWHP95sWUecIicx1K4RPi6rKjpxGDrxUCearrq-xrc4bfvQbBxrEEpNtzC4fpWBTp/s1600/P5056309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtprap7pWGYb4lJqBf4x6HDzoGnRA_c5jVkbmksmlvdXASjkhjpE6wwrrjtFnzUuDKEVgwRahzbLWWHP95sWUecIicx1K4RPi6rKjpxGDrxUCearrq-xrc4bfvQbBxrEEpNtzC4fpWBTp/s640/P5056309.JPG" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the branches don't look black in this picture but I promise they are</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I repeated the same process on the other side and with that, all done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-oJNMFyQxgCtrb-xRqS7XtjoMNXwEhTlHaWy3di03YY0lQSlTzJdbDG6vs-XvAddqqTyOA0Hk-ydfMLU4uGNHTViR0xEYUc74jfqbWPSsD9CsuPV5DiH6URNM0kXjrjDEMe9Ysx5BMYS/s1600/P5056314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-oJNMFyQxgCtrb-xRqS7XtjoMNXwEhTlHaWy3di03YY0lQSlTzJdbDG6vs-XvAddqqTyOA0Hk-ydfMLU4uGNHTViR0xEYUc74jfqbWPSsD9CsuPV5DiH6URNM0kXjrjDEMe9Ysx5BMYS/s640/P5056314.JPG" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both panels took about 45 minutes. It would have been even shorter if I lived in a newer house that had  plum walls. Nothing is level in this joint. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbSHm-gvPQpq7Eu_v7cFCo8H44NwggGAcxTL15wBpUw4Xd67Wo3E5m5CHpJbRO2z5TFocq8PZHC0wUEkxUUJ26qNwHxdwpTfKWOqDC2ZhkAWkxmMFh8tIs6eEK-jGI-IMV6W13ZEejLGQ/s1600/P5066328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbSHm-gvPQpq7Eu_v7cFCo8H44NwggGAcxTL15wBpUw4Xd67Wo3E5m5CHpJbRO2z5TFocq8PZHC0wUEkxUUJ26qNwHxdwpTfKWOqDC2ZhkAWkxmMFh8tIs6eEK-jGI-IMV6W13ZEejLGQ/s640/P5066328.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I am pretty smitten with my little panels. And I don't think you would know it was wrapping paper if I hadn't told you. Damn, I shouldn't have told you. Look at my expensive wallpaper!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyWtqUEC1a9adyYIXVJ_H65djXD8D9EK_WhdqtvMJSYKuduwIoF3BXl10Gvgq6WBPjgCnFxXYCubl06XhWe1OXIjywVM25cCI-cySokuo7ubWF43_tE9LNDRnzE79r0V4FlO9h97F_AaE/s1600/P5076333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyWtqUEC1a9adyYIXVJ_H65djXD8D9EK_WhdqtvMJSYKuduwIoF3BXl10Gvgq6WBPjgCnFxXYCubl06XhWe1OXIjywVM25cCI-cySokuo7ubWF43_tE9LNDRnzE79r0V4FlO9h97F_AaE/s640/P5076333.JPG" width="440" /></a></div><br />Can't show you a wider shot of the room yet as there are several more projects going on up in there. (how's that for a tease?!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXnm3HbESyhwMA2r4PzYI_L-ZcB8dcgame5_R98dKtZN3P2LpfLtoKlGqL_ib8fI8Q4USz7yldJ3sAXYp3jWHZnN-ZSA5Sfx6SU03Ekf861KrpXKwBLm245p3yRNU8RzszbigY_MJ8VpV/s1600/P5076342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXnm3HbESyhwMA2r4PzYI_L-ZcB8dcgame5_R98dKtZN3P2LpfLtoKlGqL_ib8fI8Q4USz7yldJ3sAXYp3jWHZnN-ZSA5Sfx6SU03Ekf861KrpXKwBLm245p3yRNU8RzszbigY_MJ8VpV/s640/P5076342.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I am sooo happy with it. I love the look and it gives the room just what I needed to get my groove back. My design groove that is. My other groove is just fine thank you very much.<br /><br />What are you grooving on in your house these days?

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